<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-05-msus-own-rock-detective.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Discovery Science,Faculty</categories><broadcast>ees</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>05/29/2025</pubDate><title>MSU's own rock detective</title><subTitle>Earth and environmental sciences professor searches for clues to why continents break apart</subTitle><description>Tyrone Rooney has spent his career solving the mystery of how continental rifting works.</description><highlights/><author>Bethany Mauger</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/2025-05-rooney-preview.png" alt="Tyrone Rooney looks at discs of melted rock to find clues to why continents break apart."/></image></item>